Arabic and IE(subdivisions in AA)

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
"Robert R. Ratcliffe" <ratcliff at fs.tufs.ac.jp> wrote:

>Sure it is. I am not proposing an Egyptian/non-Egyptian primary split
>within AA.  I am just taking issue with the viewpoint, also expressed by
>Miquel Carrasquer Vidal, that Egyptian, Semitic, and Berber look similar
>to each other, while Chadic and Cushitic look quite different.

Did I say that?  I know Ehret does ("Boreafrasian"), but I have
never taken such a position, mainly because I tend to trust
Newman when it comes to Chadic, and he links Chadic with Berber.

I *am* on record for proposing the following branching tree:

              PAA
             /   \
        Omotic   "Erythraic"
                 / |  |   \
                S. E. C.  Beja-Northern
                Cushitic   /      |
                        Beja   Northern
                       __________/|\________
                       |          |         |
                 Berber-Chadic Egyptian  Semitic


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv at wxs.nl
Amsterdam